The defense chief insisted that Trump is leading the negotiations for peace, even as leaders from Germany , Britain and France huddled with Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently to try to craft an alternative to a U.S.-brokered proposal the Ukrainian president viewed as too deferential to Russia. Healey suggested Britain is preparing for that possibility, saying the U.K. and a coalition of more than 30 nations have already positioned troops, aircraft and ships that could deploy if the terms of a deal allow for an international presence on the ground. The document also calls for Europe to "take primary responsibility for its own defense," a point Healey said the U.K. is already prepared to meet, brushing off questions about whether the strategy had sown division inside the transatlantic alliance.
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